While also being a genre of music, classic rock is perhaps even more an attitude. And more often than not, that attitude is a snarling sentiment that says, "I ain't going nowhere." It's Led Zeppelin ...

The gothic rock and post-punk scenes flourished throughout the 1980s, largely as a result of The Cure becoming such a sensationalized act during the decade. Many of the band’s hits were spread ...

Like “Funkytown,” a hit song in the early 1980s was bound to be influenced at least a little bit by the echoes of disco. Harry and her band don’t shy away from the beat, but they rock out hard and the ...

When you hear a rock song that includes the synthesizer, you can almost always guess the song in question is from a certain era. Probably from the 1980s ... subtly than the songs above but ...

With hit’s “F**k Tha Police,” “Straight ... The band that largely embodied the sound of the 1980s rock scene, Van Halen were one of the most sensational and influential rock acts at ...

The thing with big hits is that as soon as modern pop (in its rock or any other form) was shaped (and still is) a set of musical formulas came into play to make hits out of songs. By the time we got ...

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There were soaring guitars, melodic keyboards and larger-than-life power ballads. All of those musical qualities are distinguishable characteristics for several 1980s rock acts. Those are also traits ...

The home was restored for the 40th anniversary of 'Purple Rain' with plenty of Prince memorabilia, but reservations are ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT ROCK SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

The students had to audition for this special event, and some say they did not even know who Foreigner was when they ...

When Cumberland’s Pershing Street rings with the iconic 1980s hit “We Built This City” on Oct. 12, a new Rock the Block event ...